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The Brain, Albert Einstein, Rhythm and the Violin

September 1st, 2013 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain

Tweet A fascinating account of Albert Einstein’s love and music and his performance ability on the violin came across my desk recently.  It seems that Einstein loved music and played the violin extremely well, for an amateur.  The problem is, he really did not have a good sense of rhythm.  Obviously, he knew how to […]

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New Research from Stanford on how Brain processes music

December 31st, 2011 · No Comments · music and the brain

Tweet Research published earlier this year showed that listening to music releases the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain and sends pleasure signals to the rest of the body. Now findings recently published in NeuroImage offer additional insights into how music affects our neural circuits. In the study Finnish researchers recorded the brain responses of individuals […]

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